Fættenfjord
| Fættenfjord | ||
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| Waters | European Arctic Ocean | |
| Land mass | Scandinavian peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 33 '36 " N , 10 ° 55' 30" E | |
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| Greatest water depth | 60 m | |
The Fættenfjord is an eastern branch of the Trondheimfjord in the Norwegian province of Trøndelag .
geography
It is located northeast of Trondheim in the area of the municipalities of Stjørdal and Levanger and connects in a general northeast direction to the Åsenfjord , a section of the Trondheimfjord in its southern area. The 2 km long fjord is around 750 m wide at its entrance and tapers steadily to its end in the northeast. The water depth at the entrance in the southwest is about 60 m, otherwise mostly between 30 and 45 m. The fjord is framed by high mountain ranges on both sides.
The European route 6 and a railway line run along the entire eastern bank of the Fættenfjord.
The Tirpitz in the Fættenfjord
From January 16 to July 2, 1942 and then again from the end of January to March 11, 1943, the German battleship Tirpitz , well camouflaged and protected by anti - aircraft batteries , anchored in a net box on the steep north bank of the Fættenfjord.
This location in the fjord, which is less than 200 m wide, made air raids on the ship very difficult, and four attacks by the Royal Air Force in the spring of 1942 with bombs and mines were unsuccessful. 17 bombs and fighter planes were losing, and 64 man of her crew lost their lives.
About 700 m northeast of the anchorage of the Tirpitz , at the end of the Fættenfjord in the municipality of Levanger, there has been a memorial for the aircraft crews who died in the attacks on the Tirpitz in 1942 . The monument is made of granite and is crowned with three links of the battleship's anchor chain , on which one of the 45-kilogram Mk XIX mines dropped on the ship rests.
Footnotes
- ↑ http://www.bismarck-class.dk/tirpitz/miscellaneous/tirpitz_faettenfjord_then_and_now/tirpitz_faettenfjord_then_and_now.html